Kainos Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6382T

Kainos Group plc

04 July 2018

 

4 July 2018

Kainos Group plc

("Kainos" or the "Company)

Director / PDMR shareholdings

The Company announces that on 4 July 2018, share awards (the "Awards") approved by the Board of Directors of the Company under:

(i)           the Kainos Group Performance Share Plan (the "PSP Awards"), in the form of nominal value options over Ordinary Shares were awarded to executive directors and executive managers of the Company.  The PSP Awards vest, other than in exceptional circumstances, over a three year period from 4 July 2018.  The performance conditions associated with the PSP Awards are as follows:

(a)  50% of each PSP Award is subject to a performance condition based on the Company's Earnings Per Share ("EPS") Growth measured over the three financial years commencing 1 April 2018.  This portion of the PSP Award will:

·        not vest at all if EPS Growth over the measurement period is less than 9%;

·        vest in respect of 30% if EPS Growth over the measurement period is 9%;

·        vest in full if EPS Growth over the measurement period is 16% or higher;

·        vest proportionately, calculated on a straight line basis if EPS Growth over the measurement period is higher than 9% but less than 16%.

(b)  50% of each PSP Award is subject to a performance condition based on the Company's Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") Growth per ordinary share measured over the period of three years commencing 4 July 2018.  This portion of the PSP Award will:

·        not vest at all if TSR Growth over the measurement period is less than 9%;

·        vest in respect of 30% if TSR Growth over the measurement period is 9%;

·        vest in full if TSR Growth over the measurement period is 16% or higher;

·        vest proportionately, calculated on a straight line basis if TSR Growth over the measurement period is higher than 9% but less than 16%.

(ii)          Kainos Group plc SAYE Plan (the "SAYE Awards"), in the form of options at 20% discount to market value were awarded to all staff including executive directors and executive managers of the Company.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 (A19 Market Abuse Regulation)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Brendan Mooney
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	CEO
b.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Kainos Group plc
b.	LEI	213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a.	Description of the Financial instrument/ type of instrument Identification code	Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.005 each KNOS
b.	Nature of the transaction	PSP Share Awards 2018
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	PSP Award Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) £0.005 17,621
d.	Aggregated information ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	2018-07-04
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Richard McCann
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	CFO/COO
b.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Kainos Group plc
b.	LEI	213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a.	Description of the Financial instrument/ type of instrument Identification code	Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.005 each KNOS
b.	Nature of the transaction	PSP and SAYE Share Awards 2018
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	SAYE Award1 Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) £3.3627 1,070 PSP Award2 Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) £0.005 19,552 1. Subject to a 3 year vesting period other than in exceptional circumstances. 2.  Subject to the PSP Awards vesting criteria.
d.	Aggregated information ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	2018-07-04
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Paul Gannon
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Sales Director
b.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Kainos Group plc
b.	LEI	213800H2PQMIF3OVZY47
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a.	Description of the Financial instrument/ type of instrument Identification code	Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.005 each KNOS
b.	Nature of the transaction	PSP and SAYE Share Awards 2018
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Options Award (equivalent to UK SAYE)1, 2 Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) £3.3627 1,070 PSP Award3 Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) £0.005 15,690 1. Subject to 3 year vesting period other than in exceptional circumstances. 2. Mr Gannon's option awards are under an unapproved option scheme in Republic of Ireland to replicate SAYE awards to U.K. staff. 3. Subject to the PSP Awards vesting criteria.
d.	Aggregated information ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	2018-07-04
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a Trading Venue

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For further information, please contact:

Kainos                                                                                         via FTI Consulting LLP

Brendan Mooney, Chief Executive Officer

Richard McCann, Chief Financial Officer

Investec Bank plc                                                                               [phone]

Patrick Robb / Sebastian Lawrence

Canaccord Genuity                                                                           [phone]

Simon Bridges / Emma Gabriel

FTI Consulting LLP                                                                            [phone]

Matt Dixon / Jamie Ricketts

About Kainos

Kainos Group plc is a UK-based provider of Digital Services and Digital Platforms.  

The Group's Digital Services include full lifecycle development and support of customised Digital Services for government and commercial customers. Kainos is also the leading European partner for Workday Inc. ('Workday') responsible for implementing Workday's innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for enterprise and, now, government customers.

The Group's Digital Platforms comprise specialised digital products in the mobile healthcare and automated testing arenas. Smart is an automated testing platform for Workday customers; Evolve Electronic Medical Records ('EMR') is the market leading product for the digitisation of patient notes in the Acute sector of the NHS; and Evolve Integrated Care ('IC') is a SaaS-based integrated care platform for the NHS and international healthcare providers; and Smart is an automated testing platform for Workday customers.

Kainos has over 1,150 people across eleven offices in Europe and the USA, working interchangeably across its Services and Platforms divisions.

Kainos is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KNOS). For further information, please visit www.kainos.com

 

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